Several groups have more than one listing if they have
been referenced for several different studies or other information.

The following Tables contain ZAP file codes that serve
the purpose of easy location of original materials in our own files.
Weve also used these codes within our text to make references
and links to these tables less obtrusive.

These referenced groups herein are not affiliated with
Zero Air Pollution in any way. They are not responsible for our
use of their information, and we are not responsible for their content
or claims. We have made an effort to include only sites that support
research, or grassroots/activists sites that encourage only legal, nonviolent
action.

Information has been quoted directly from the About
or Mission Statement sections of many of these websites, in
order that our visitors might develop an interest in the sites beyond
merely confirming facts cited herein.

NOTE: Reference codes in a few places are out of numerical
order. After setting up this table, some references were grouped closer
to other similar references. The Reference Code column on the left side
of this table first refers to the bookmark code for this resource, ie.
LB1 is the first listing under the Leaf Blower Sites section. Below
these bookmarks may be a code we originally used to remember where these
listings were cited throughout this web site. It is not up to date,
but might serve a purpose for some site visitors. The code letters represent
Overview, Health, Action, Debate. For instance, O.3.4, is Overview section
3, at or about page 4. We can't guarantee it will print out that way
from the Internet.

ZAP Survey99 A random survey of
public opinion, taken in the Los Angeles area, representing participants
who live in 38 different zip codes, with a wide variety of ages
and family incomes. This is the only such survey of which
we are aware.

Recommends municipalities stop using gas blowers.
High velocity air jets, whip up dust, determined the health
hazards citizens are exposed to by the use of leaf blowers outweigh
the questionable economic benefit blowers may bring to the cities
and the County. cease using gas powered blowers in
their maintenance and cleanup operations.

Blower= as much exhaust pollution in one hour
as would 17 cars traveling slowly. Disperse fugitive dust over
long stretches., blower concentrates its pollutants in one neighborhood.

Asthma In America was conducted by Schulman,
Ronca & Bucuvalas, a national research firm specializing in
health issues. The survey was funded by Glaxo Wellcome Inc, a
research-based pharmaceutical company. Site noted:
GlaxoSmithKline.

NRDC uses law, science, and the support
of more than 500,000 members nationwide to protect the planet's
wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment
for all living things. . . . We work to foster the fundamental
right of all people to have a voice in decisions that affect their
environment.

Analysis of Toxic Air Pollution: Risk of Top
Carcinogens in Major Metropolitan Areas
An analysis presenting, in map form, information on concentrations
of carcinogenic air pollution in ten large U.S. urban areas and
nine corresponding states, and calculating the total overall risk
these combined toxics present. The analysis is based on data reported
to the U.S. EPA.

October 1993 - NRDC released Out of Breath:
Children's Health and Air Pollution in Southern California, a report
showing that existing air pollution control programs do not sufficiently
protect children from adverse health effects.

November 1997  NRDC published
Our Children at Risk, identifying the five worst environmental
threats to children's health: lead, air pollution, pesticides,
environmental tobacco smoke, and drinking water contamination,
. . .and highlights the growing evidence pointing to a link between
pollution and childhood illnesses.

May 1996 summary report Danger
In The Air from the NRDC, by Deborah Sheiman Shprentz.
Also contains a Guide to Mortality and Pollution Tables
of the Top 50 Metropolitan Statistical Areas

The Breath-taking report estimates that approximately
64,000 premature deaths from cardiopulmonary causes may be attributable
to particulate air pollution each year. The tables listed below
detail those findings.

Used data from the Harvard Six City study, American
Cancer Society and Harvard Medical School, (listed as S16 herein)
This table identifies Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the state
of California. For each MSA, the table shows PM-10 concentration
and NRDC's estimate of air pollution attributable deaths.
The table shows the average annual mean PM-10 concentration in each
MSA over the five-year period, 1990 through 1994. The higher the
PM-10 concentration, the greater the risk of premature mortality
from heart and lung disease

The elderly and heart/lung disease are at greatest
risk regarding Particulate Matter.

Mortality and Pollution Tables, Metropolitan Statistical
Areas (MSA)

The Harvard Six City Study;

American Cancer Society (ACS) and Harvard Medical
School. 1995. The largest, most comprehensive long term epidemiological
study. Examined the effect of ambient air pollution on human
health. Was adjusted for age and risk factors.

Joel Schwartz, assoc. Professor of environmental
epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health and author of
many of the studies; as noted in Aug. 1997 consumer reports.
The 99 page study can be accessed through http://www.healtheffects.org/
Pubs/Rean-ExecSumm.pdf .OK

If the above direct link to the publication doesnt
work, on the left side of the Homepage, select Publications,
and go down to select Poisoning the Air: You will get
a summary and a link to the report.

By California Public Interest Group Charitable
Trust CALPIRG, one in a series of reports by Californians for
Pesticide Reform (CPR); 1998. Principal Authors: Zev Ross,
Toxics Policy Advocate, and Jonathan Kaplan, MES, Toxics Program
Director.

The state Public Interest Research Groups
are an alliance of state-based, citizen-funded organizations that
advocate for the public interest. We uncover threats to public
health and well-being and fight to end them, using the time-tested
tools of investigative research, media exposes, grassroots organizing,
advocacy and litigation.

Each state Public Interest Research Group
is independent and locally based. The State PIRGs work together
nationally to share ideas and resources and cooperate on regional
and national issues.

Not specific leaf blower issues, but a good site
to visit on a regular basis, even if just to browse. Encourages
activism through state groups.

Find out how your Federal representatives are
working for, or against, your interests. Congressional Scorecards
regarding votes on issues of public interest. Explanation
of the Bills, with your state representatives on top.

Find out how your own States CALPIRG is
working for you.

Sign up to be notified when urgent public
interest issues arise in your state, and who to contact
to express your opinion or to help.

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) is a leading content
provider for public interest groups and concerned citizens who are
campaigning to protect the environment. Through our reports, articles,
technical assistance and the development of computer databases and
Internet resources, Reports draw on . . .original
EWG analyses of government and other data.

Dirty Money tracker, based on data collected
by the Federal Election Commission, lets you see for yourself
how money from anti-environmental corporations and coalitions
affects environmental decision makers.

This ewg.org site is the source of many of the
organization's publications and numerous searchable databases.
Under Particulates, lists names of other studies that also regard
Particulate Matter.

EWG . . . provides information and policy analysis to the
general public, environmental organizations and other public interest
groups, journalists and policy makers. Many EWG reports are developed
as a series of state-level studies and are released in collaboration
with public interest organizations in dozens of cities and states.

Amongst many other concerns, Areas of
special emphasis at EWG have been the threat posed to infants and
children by pesticides and other toxic chemicals;

Researchers with EWG's Clearinghouse on Environmental
Advocacy and Research (CLEAR) monitor and assess the strategies,
tactics and major players in the anti-environment movement ranging
from "wise-use" groups that seek to constrict environmental
safeguards to corporate front groups that attack public health regulation,
science and law. 

This page offers selections regarding Description;
Prevalence, Morbidity and Mortality; Economic and Social Costs;
Asthma Management and a Survey. Select Prevalence, Morbidity
and Mortality for a summary.

The Lung Association suggests you chose Data and
Statistics index (left navigation link on the home page).

From homepage, search for C. Arden Pope, for list
of studies relating to air pollution, mortality and health.

Points out that outdoor air can still be hazardous
to your health, even when it meets present pollution standards
(Consumer Reports). Valleys air was only slightly dirtier
than national air pollution standards allow.

All phone numbers require using (909) area code unless a toll-free
(800) number is indicated (Toll free numbers are restricted to
local calls only).

re: CM #90M-I-7 (aka cm #90m-i-7) 1990 Report
for the 1991 Air Quality Management Plan for South Coast Air Basin.

Proposed Method of Control: The District
will prohibit the use and sale of leaf blowers within the Basin
beginning in 1994. The plan was adopted by the board, but
was later superceded. Henry Hogo, AQMD ext.3184.

AQMD continuously monitors air quality at more
than 30 locations throughout the four-county area in order to
notify schools, the press and the public whenever air quality
is unhealthful.

They provide training to help business owners
understand various requirements and keep up with new rules, and
provide the free pamphlets, "25 Ways You Can Clean the Air,"
"Drivers Guide to Clean Air" and "Shopper's Guide
to Clean Air".

At www.epa.gov/enviro/wme/
, the EPA is also developing a Window To My Environment
page, with a range of federal state and local information about
environmental conditions in specific areas. It will give
you maps, statistics and links. heck it out and give them
some feedback.

And, www.scorecard.org
gives you a community scorecard regarding air quality, toxic chemical
releases, agricultural pollution, land contamination, lead hazards,
water, environmental justice, and maps (or a maps link).
This site was found through environmentaldefense.org.

The Leaguefor the Hard
of Hearing was founded in 1910 and is a private not-for-profit
rehabilitation agency for infants, children and adults who are
hard of hearing and deaf.. . . The League's Missionis to improve the quality of life for people with all degrees
of hearing loss. . . . We promote hearing conservation and provide
public education about hearing.

The mission of the Noise Pollution Clearinghouse
is to create more civil cities and more natural rural and wilderness
areas by reducing noise pollution at the source.

Best source of noise up-to-date information.

On-line library of current and past news articles
and other readings. Research and advocacy. Supports several
advocacy web sites for grassroots groups. May assist in
providing testimony at public hearings.

(note re due to the risk of spam, they dont
provide live e-mail links)

The Right to Quiet Society for Soundscape
Awareness and Protection is a non-profit organization registered
under the British Columbia Society Act. We have been active since
1982.

Our broad objectives are:

to promote awareness of the ever-increasing problem of noise
pollution and the dangers of noise to our physical, emotional,
and spiritual well-being, as well as to the well-being of
other creatures on the planet

to work for reduction of noise through better regulation
and enforcement and by encouraging responsible behaviour

to foster recognition of the Right to Quiet as a basic human
right. 

Call for, amongst other things:

Outright ban on leaf-blowers, or at least a drastic
reduction in permitted dates and hours of use

More stringent manufacturing standards for all noise-producing
equipment

The RNTAC is housed within the Department
of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers - the State University of New
Jersey. 

. . . .in 1998 celebrates 17 years as a Federally recognized
Center. We are the only remaining Noise Technical Assistance Center
originally contracted by the United States Environmental Protection
Agency's Office of Noise Abatement and Control. . . .Aside from
training, in the past year alone we have assisted hundreds of
individuals, townships, police departments, corporations, health
departments, [and]. . . helped . . . to write and adopt noise
ordinances:

Offers assistance in the development of
local noise ordinances [drafting], and conducts training in Community
Noise Enforcement leading to court recognized certification. We
also serve as a reference source on a wide range of noise pollution
issues.

Recent publications include "Turning
Down the Volume: Effective Strategies for Community Noise Enforcement"
which was published in The Police Chief (Dec. 1996) and "Community
Noise Enforcement: Reviving a Moribund Program or Developing One
Anew" which was presented at Noise-Con '96 in Seattle, and
is printed in the Proceedings. These two articles will help impacted
communities to understand that sound level measurement for enforcement
purposes is as mature and admissible as breathalyzer and radar.

Exploration of the auditory system from the ear
canal, through inner ear, into cortex of the brain. Seek
to improve hearing aids and auditory implants and develop innovative
treatments and intervention methods.

They say:
The places sought to escape noise: natural and undeveloped
open spaces, have been recently invaded by an explosive growth
of personal motorized recreational vehicles. The negative impacts
of these machines take many forms including pulverization or compaction
of plants and soil, soil erosion, weed dispersal, stream siltation,
disturbance of wildlife, fragmentation of habitat, exhaust emissions,
increased fire risk, increased road and trail maintenance, and
the endangerment of other human users with excessive speed. But
it is the noise generated by these machines that has come to symbolize
all of the negative effects they produce and it is that impact
which has rallied citizens to form the Quiet Use Coalition. 

Noise Free America is dedicated to fighting noise
pollution, especially from boom cars, motorcycles, leaf blowers,
and car alarms. The group has many local chapters, issues a monthly
"Noisy Dozen" award, and has three radio public service
announcements.

UCS was founded in 1969 by faculty members and students
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who were concerned
about the misuse of science and technology in society. Their statement
called for the redirection of scientific research to pressing
environmental and social problems. The Union of Concerned
Scientists is a nonprofit partnership of scientists and citizens
combining rigorous scientific analysis, innovative policy development
and effective citizen advocacy to achieve practical environmental
solutions.

We seek to ensure that all people
have clean air, energy and transportation, as well as food that
is produced in a safe and sustainable manner. We strive for a
future that is free from the threats of global warming and nuclear
war, and a planet that supports a rich diversity of life. Sound
science guides our efforts to secure changes in government policy,
corporate practices and consumer choices that will protect and
improve the health of our environment globally, nationally and
in communities throughout the United States. In short, UCS seeks
a great change in humanity's stewardship of the earth.

Not leaf blower specific, but may provide information
on health, noise, air pollution.

Activists Corner:

Go to Act on bottom of page.
This will take you to a page of issues supported by the ucsusa,
which, when clicked upon, will give you background and whom to
write. Do take the time to at least scan the list.
It is very informative.

At the top of the page, however, is a tips
selection, which will give you good advice for writing an elected
official, for whatever reason.

With the Environmental Working Group (EWG), prepared
a SIDS analysis of Woodruff et al study,

As with the ActforChange site, you may select
up to 15 papers, TV or radio, compose message on this site, and
your message will be sent.. NOTE: this may be a service
for you to send messages regarding the concerns of this website.
Go ahead and support those issues you can while youre there.

However, you may still use the site to locate
the web address of your local press and media.

psr/acthome

Presents many important issues that you can address
in a direct link to Federal departments, agencies, house leaders,
and other elected officials.

MISC3

www.isde.org
OK
International Society of Doctors for the Environment (ISDE)

ISDE . . . is an independent, non-governmental
non-profit organisation. It was created on 25 November 1990 and
has now national and regional member organizations in over 35
countries.. . . We are family doctors, researchers, clinicians,
as well as specialists of all branches who are only too aware
of the ecological problems impinging on our health and safety
and who strive to promote healthier lifestyles. We are professionals,
who in the face of growing pollution and environmental decay,
are concerned about the rise in incidence of pathological conditions
related to environmental degradation, and are resolved to offer
to our patients not only an answer in terms of medical care, but
to also advocate, initiate and promote effective preventative
actions.

ISDE was established as a tool for educating and updating
physicians and the general public, and stimulating awareness and
initiatives by public and private bodies, in particular governmental
agencies.

Profiles of many organizations and projects,
by name, or toxicant, resources in your area.

The Children's Environmental Health Network,
a non-profit and non-partisan organization of researchers, pediatricians,
public health officials and others. A national multi-disciplinary
and multi-cultural project whose sole mission is to promote a
healthy environment and to protect the fetus and the child from
environmental hazards. Our activities are focused in the areas
of education, research, and policy.

Go down to Resource Guide on Childrens
Environmental Health. on Home page.

PANNA works closely with and is a founding
member of Californians
for Pesticide Reform (CPR). . . . PANNA (Pesticide Action
Network North America) has campaigned to replace pesticides with
ecologically sound alternatives since 1982. PANNA links over 100
affiliated health, consumer, labor, environment, progressive agriculture
and public interest groups in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. with
thousands of supporters worldwide to promote healthier, more effective
pest management through research, policy development, education,
media, demonstrations of alternatives and international advocacy
campaigns.

The Mission of IGC is to advance the work of progressive
organizations and individuals for peace, justice, economic opportunity,
human rights, democracy and environmental sustainability through
strategic use of online technologies.

. . .has expanded its capabilities to bring Internet tools
and online services to organizations and activists working on
peace, economic and social justice, human rights, environmental
protection, labor issues and conflict resolution.

Also listed in our LINKS under Air Pollution Organizations,
regarding Pesticide groups.

From their website:

As a project of Tides,
IGC shares the vision to actively promote change toward a healthy
society, one which is founded on principals of social justice,
broadly shared economic opportunity, a robust democratic process,
and sustainable environmental practices. We believe healthy societies
rely fundamentally on respect for individual rights, the vitality
of communities, and a celebration of diversity.

The Department of Health and Human Services is
the United States government's principal agency for protecting
the health of all Americans and providing essential human services,
especially for those who are least able to help themselves

The National Institutes of Health today
is one of the world's foremost medical research centers, and the
Federal focal point for medical research in the U.S.. . .The NIH
mission is to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health
for everyone. NIH works toward that mission by: conducting research
in its own laboratories;

supporting the research of non-Federal scientists
in universities, medical schools, hospitals, and research institutions
throughout the country and abroad; helping in the training
of research investigators; and fostering communication of medical
information.

Go to NIH Overview to see a list of
NIH Institutes and Centers. This site is a major source
of other internet connections to health information.

Funding and Grants information.

The NIH is one of eight health agencies
of the Public Health Services which, in turn, is part of the U.S.
Department of
Health
and Human Services. . . . Simply described, the goal of NIH
research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect,
diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic
disorder to the common cold.

Their website states they ". . .will also
pursue criminal prosecution of those quality of life offenses
that the community has identified as significant problems. In
addition, the Neighborhood Prosecutors will work with community
groups and city agencies to formulate non-criminal remedies that
address the underlying roots of the community's criminal problems."
Help them out!

The U.S Small Business Administration (SBA)
administers the Small Business Development Center Program to provide
management assistance to current and prospective small business
owners. SBDCs offer one-stop assistance to small businesses by
providing a wide variety of information and guidance in central
and easily accessible branch locations.

The program is a cooperative effort of the
private sector, the educational community and federal, state and
local governments. It enhances economic development by providing
small businesses with management and technical assistance. 

The League of California Cities is an association
of California city officials who work together to enhance their
knowledge and skills, exchange information, and combine resources
so that they may influence policy decisions that affect cities.
. . . League services include legislative advocacy on behalf of
cities, both in Sacramento and Washington, DC; educational programs
and materials on subjects of concern to city officials; a research
and information exchange to help officials perform their duties
more effectively, and legal assistance to city attorneys in guiding
their agencies in the intricacies of the law.

Mission and Values Statement: . .
.To be recognized and respected as the leading advocate for the
common interests of California's Cities.

Mission and Core Beliefs: To restore and
protect local control for cities through education and advocacy
to enhance the quality of life for all Californians.

Provides information to California cities regarding
state and national legislative issues. Provides legislative
advocacy and tracking, and League lobbyists and Policy Analysts.

We believe in . . .anticipating the needs
of communities and developing strategies to meet those needs and
improve the quality of life.

This site seems to take a while to come up.
Be patient.

Has a search engine for State Leagues,
where you can find the League that serves your state. From
your state site, you will probably be able to find web sites of
member cities, as are listed in the California site, above.

Good place to start networking and/or to check
out blower laws in other municipalities.

Works to protect the Earth's rainforests
and support the rights of their inhabitants through education,
grassroots organizing, and non-violent direct action. . . . RAN's
grassroots allies carry on the essential work of educating local
communities and gathering the critical mass needed to exert effective
pressure for change when and where it is needed.

Consumer education continues to be an essential
activity of the Network and Citizen protest
through direct action is another way to put pressure on corporations,
lending institutions, and governments that are destroying rainforests.
RAN encourages its members to do both letter writing and public
nonviolent demonstrations to express their convictions.

198 Methods of Nonviolent Direct Action
is an eye-opening list of ideas for legal, non-violent steps that
can be taken by individuals or by groups. Some are simple,
some involved.

How to instructions include, but are
not limited to, How to write a press release and Foundation
Grants , fundraising tips and a media manual, Also,
How the News Media Works (Or Doesnt) and even
Video Camera Tips.

Their success with media campaigns, and even ads
in major newspapers, shows how to gain public support for a worthwhile
issue.

Their research into the institutions and
industries responsible for rainforest destruction enables a growing
number of people to turn concern into effective action.

WorkingForChange is a comprehensive
Web site made up of resources for people with progressive values.
Anyone with Internet access (members and non-members alike) can
speak out on urgent issues, read informative news and columns,
go shopping, make a donation or volunteer their time.

This was the path, but the link may not work.
Just go to the main site and check Activism.

Includes: ActForChange

ActForChange allows individuals to speak
out on urgent issues of the day found on our news site such as
gun violence and environmental degradation. We give you a direct
link to the decision-makers who can make a difference on these
issues-free of charge.

Guide to local media organizations, editors, reporters,
producers, media organizations. Contact the media directly
through this site. As with the Physicians for Social Responsibility
(psr) site, you may select up to 15 papers, TV or radio, compose
message on this site, and your message will be sent.. NOTE:
this may be a service for you to send messages regarding the concerns
of this website. Go ahead and support what issues you can
while youre there.

However, you may still use the site to locate
the web address of your local press and media.

State political action organization for the environment.
. . .mobilizes California voters to support environmentally
responsible candidates and issues, and serves as a watchdog to
hold elected officials accountable for their environmental votes.
Non-partisan.

Provide lists of, and links to, both California
and national environmental organizations, political and election
information, Californias elected officials and environmental
agencies, as well as environmental news, research, and childrens
environmental health.

However, their Environmental Scorecard
supported California legislators who proposed or supported several
bills meant to remove blower bans and restrictions from local
jurisdiction, on the ruse of making stronger laws. The bill
proposals would have removed all existing bans (some of which
have worked well for decades), forbidden future bans, and made
it impossible to set a noise restriction below 65 decibels, measured
by the ANSI standard at a 50 foot distance.

The League seemed to fail to recognize blower
noise and air pollution from emissions and fugitive dust as an
environmental issue. Probably in order to focus more carefully,
their Ecovote charts take into consideration a select number of
ecology issues. None of which included the five ban
the blower bans proposals.

If you are a California group seeking support,
try first getting the support of individual member organizations.
Apparently, they are the entities that determine how an elected
official rates on the voting scorecard. Try to get your
issue listed.

Source of information, market statistics and demographic
mapping. Small orders are accepted for existing or custom maps.
Quick delivery is promised. Select the area to be covered,
demographic info (population, race and ethnicity, income), summary
by census tract or ZIP or county; Select display method.
Be sure color charts will be easily readable if photocopied in
black and white.

From the Department of Environmental Health
(A.P., D.W.D.) and Department of Epidemiology (M.A.M.), Harvard
School of Public Health; the Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts
General Hospital, Harvard Medical School (J.E.M.); and the Institute
for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Division,
Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,
Harvard Medical School (M.A.M.), Boston, Mass; and the Institute
of Epidemiology, GSF-National Research Center for Environment
and Health, Neuherberg [sic], Germany (A.P.).

. . .bridging the digital divide. Each day,
more and more politicians, industry leaders, community activists
and everyday citizens are becoming involved in the issue, especially
at the local level. Despite the various experiences and backgrounds
of these diverse groups of people, their end goal is basically
the same: providing people with the technology, information and
skills needed to help them reach their full potential, whether
they're interested in getting a better education, seeking a better
career, or building a better neighborhood. It's about using technology
in creative, yet effective ways to improve the quality of life
for everyone: our families, our communities and ourselves.

Locate local libraries with free use of computers
to access this website or for other research. They probably
offer free classes on a regular basis. The librarians will
help patrons get started and show them how to print out information.
There may be a charge for print-outs.

We also found on this site, an Urban League that
offers free access to businesses owned by those who meet their
client criteria in terms of income and/or ethnic background.

The EMS staff and board is comprised of
former journalists and environmental policy experts with years
of experience. We track most major environmental and public health
issues on a daily basis, and can recommend respected authorities
from the academic, business, government and public interest communities
complete with contact and background information. If we don't
know the answer, we will track it down or point you to someone
else who can.

Submit Press Releases, Advisories and Calendar
Events to this website. It is worth a visit just to see
all they have to offer.

www.enn.com
Environmental News Network has a free service that will
take environmental press releases from established organizations,
educational institutions and companies that have become affiliates.

Locate City parks and recreation department members, or the CPRS
board of directors to initiate.

MISC42

www.nrpe.org

National Religious Partnership for the Environment

"An alliance of major faith groups and denominations
across the spectrum of Jewish and Christian communities and organizations
in the United States."

"The American religious community has traditionally
addressed issues more recently considered "environmental."
For example: public health, sustainable agriculture, water pollution,
urban land use, and overseas relief. Moving into the l990's, senior
religious leaders began to call for a distinctively religious
"environmental" vision."